 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Just to add on to Markus' post, I talked to my RO, Dr Trotti at Moffitt about the "benefits" of smaller weekly doses over the kinda of standard 3 big bags of Cisplatin and he said the Moffitt still believes that the 3 larger doses are superior in overall results and they have no intention of switching at this time.
I know that we have had some patients post here that got the weekly doses and they definitely seemed to have an easier go than those of us that didn't and I myself often told newbies to inquire about them so when I got a chance to ask my expert I was a little surprised how quickly he shot it down so I'm just providing another point of view.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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